title: Immune function in healthy adolescents.
abstract: In the present study, we examine immunological functioning in normal healthy African-American and Latino/Latina adolescents recruited from an inner-city high school and an inner-city clinic. A battery of tests was performed with enumerative and functional measures which encompassed both innate and adaptive immunity. We found immune differences related to age, gender, and race on both the enumerative and the functional immune measures. This data expands the available body of information concerning normal immunity in healthy adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark 07107-3000, USA. bartleja@umdnj.edu
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Bartlett
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Schleifer
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Demetrikopoulos
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Delaney
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Shiflett
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Keller
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent / Q000502:physiology*; D000367:Age Factors; D044383:Black People; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D007154:Immune System Diseases / Q000276:immunology; D007109:Immunity / Q000276:immunology; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D008934:Mitogens / Q000494:pharmacology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000276:immunology; D010641:Phenotype; D012723:Sex; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000276:immunology; D001741:Black or African American
chemical_list: D008934:Mitogens